Michigan Technological University - Keweenawan Yearbook (Houghton, MI)

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Lieutenant Colonel Riley R. Whearty joined the staff as professor of Air Science and Tactics. He replaced Lieutenant Colonel Leslie C. Fenske who had been professor of Air Sci- ence here since September, I95O, and who had been reassigned by the Air Force. Colonel Whearty holds a B.S. degree from Kansas State Col- lege. He taught for several years in Kansas high schools shortly before World Vvar Il. He served over-seas in that war. Colonel Whearty was re- called to active duty in the Air Force in l95l and spent Sl months in .Ia- pan. His most recent assignment be- fore coming here was with the Air Force ROTC at Kansas University. LT. COL. LAWRENCE VOGEL Army R.O.T.C. LT. COL. RILEY WHEARTY Air Force R.O.T.C. Lt. Col. Vogel, professor and head of the Department of Military Science and Tactics since 1956, graduate of the United States Military Academy, lvI.C.E., University of Iowa, I949. His experience includes airfield construc- tion in Europe and Greenland, super- vision of the preparation of technical training manuals while on staff and faculty of The Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, civil works' activities, St. Paul Engineer District. He is a graduate of the Command and Gen- eral Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, member, Society of American Ivlilitary Engineers and Rotary Inter- national, registered professional engi- neer in the State of Iowa.

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WILFRID C. POLKINGHORNE Civil Engineering Professor George W. Swenson, head of the Electrical Engineering De- partment, graduated from the Uni- versipty of Minnesota in l9i7, received his M.S.E.E. in i921 and was Assistant Professor there until i928 when he organized and became head of the Department at Michigan Tech. Fellow and Life Member, A.l.E.E., member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Eta Sigma, and Phi Kappa Phi, all honor- ary fraternities. Among professional fraternities, he belongs to Eta Kappa Nu anal the Service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. Professor Swenson is listed in Who's Who in America , Who's Who in Engineering , Who's Who in American Education , and American Men of Science . Professor Wilfrid C. Polkinghorne was appointed Head of The Depart- ment of Civil Engineering in the fall of i945. He holds the degrees of B.S. and E.M. from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology and M.S. from Yale University. A member of the American Society of Civil Engi- neers, Professor Polkinghorne is a member of the State Registration Board for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors and has served as chairman of that board. He also holds memberships in structural and engineering organizations, Theta Tau Fraternity, the Yale Club of Michigan, and the Masonic order. Professor Pollcinghorne's biography appears in VVho's Who in America , and Who's Who in Engineering . GEORGE W. SWENSON Electrical Engineering 9

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ALFRED K. SNELGROVE Geological Engineering Miss Madeleine Gibson, librarian of The college, joined The sTaff in l929. A graduaTe of Welleslley College, she has also done addiTional work aT The Sorbonne and The Wisconsin Library School. Miss Gibson main- Tains membership in The American Library Associafion, The ASEE, and The Michigan Library Associafion. She has served as chairman of The mem- bership commiTTee of The engineering schools library commiTTee of The ASEE, and chairman of The engineering schools library secTion of The Ameri- can Library Associclfion. Dr. Snelgrove, professor and Head of The DeparTmenT of Geology, re- eived his B.S. and M.S. degrees from McGill Universify, and his Ph.D. from PrinceTon. He is a former direcfor of The Geol. Survey of Newfoundland, aufhor and edifor, organized The Bureau of Mineral Research ai' Ruf- gers, in 1953-54, Fulbrighf Lecfurer aT The Universify of Hong Kong, holds fellowship in The Geol. Soc. of Amer- ica and The Soc. of Ec. GeologisTs, a member of Thefa Tau and Psi Up- silon fraTerniTies, lisfed in Who's Who in America , American Men of Sci- ence , Who's Who in Engineering , Who's Who in American EducaTion , and Who's Who in Canada . MADELEINE GIBSON Librarian